Flash Your Tattoo

Maybe it’s the squeeze everyone is feeling these days, but I’ve just read about a second example of two small businesses combing into one business establishment.  I admit – the first was in a book I was reading.  The union brought on by friendship and a need for a job by all three friends.  One third of an old house a book store, one third an art gallery, and one third a retro beauty shop.  Then I read a similar story but it’s non-fiction and it was a marriage of a beauty shop and a tattoo parlor located in Brooklyn called Glamour Garage.  The person responsible is Rebecca Faye the owner of Hello Beautiful Hair Salon.  She loves tattoos and sports quite a few in addition to her sexy staff.  Visit her site and show support for her business if you live in the Brooklyn area. (continue reading…)

In my great state of New Mexico, ATF agents posed as artists at a tattoo shop (along with an actual tattoo artist) to conduct a 9 month operation targeting such crimes as drugs and firearms. Patrons were given other options to pay for the tattoos besides cash. (continue reading…)

One of the best parts of running a site that is open to suggestions, is the interesting and talented people that contact me. I get email from people all over the world. Which is how I learned about Rob Koss who sent me some of his work. He is one of 3 talented artists that work at XXX Tattoo – the other artists, Soeren Sangkuhl, Werner Businger. (continue reading…)

This is a great example of a horror tattoo. Just enough color to give it the 3D effect but using more of the shading variations for most of the work.This piece is from a UK shop and although they do not give credit to the particular tattoo artist that did this piece my guess is Roy Priestley. (continue reading…)

At the Baltimore museum – check out the history of electric tattooing, and if you dare, get a tattoo yourself! On display in historic Fell’s Point, they offer a free tour of their exhibits and artifacts in combination of having a fully functional tattoo street shop. (continue reading…)

This photo is supposed to be the tattooed ladies of the Sacred Rose Tattoo shop in San Francisco. It almost looks like a touched up photo. I found it on a Google images search but not on their site. It’s a tattoo shop located in Berkley CA. (continue reading…)